Heparin Recall - Latest Comments

Re: Low molecular weight heparin drug found effective in IVF-ET

ivf — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:04:02 -0000

Serious side-effects from in vitro virility therapy are relatively unusual according to current proof. The drugs used to cause the superovulation involved in in vitro virility and similar techniques are also commonly used in other varieties of virility therapy.

Re: FDA panel recommends agency approval of heparin alternative

MEDICAL MATTRESSES — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:12:54 -0000

I feel great!. I work in a Folding Carton Factory and have to climb steps on Press's and Cutter Machines on 12 hour shifts. I had such unbearable pain before my Hip Replacement that my life quality was horrible. The old pain is now 100% gone. I do have some healing pain, but that is getting better all the time. I still cant walk on my own. But every day it gets better. I wish that I did'nt wait so long. They even had to lengthen my Leg 1 " because my Hip was so bad. thanx! @DAISY

Re: Quaids get settlement in heparin overdose case

Crystalperry86 — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:04:26 -0000

when will the remaining settlements be done? what about updated information on the case. Where can we find this.

Re: Baxter faces numerous lawsuits over tainted heparin scandal

TOM GIOVANNANI — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:58:43 -0000

what is the latest news. who is dragging thier feet. what are they afraid of. this will not go away. someone has to answer to this.GREED AND GOVERMENT, THE TWO BIGGEST SHAMES IN THIS COUNTRY.

Re: Tainted lots of heparin recalled

Sowe Sori — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 15:23:42 -0000

Methinks the Drugs Spin doctors have been able to dust the Heparin scare under the rug. My feeling is that all meds made oversees in China and India are ripe for fraud without some serious policing. The lack of ethics is astounding. 2-60% of the heparin was cut of OSCH. YES 60%. Made in China means -- take at your own risk.

Re: Class action lawsuit filed against heparin manufacturer Baxter

retiredat44 — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 09:26:57 -0000

any news for the heparin class action lawsuits? I signed up in 2009 for my heparin related hospitalizations thatr were in 2008. So far I am unable to find any updates.. I am in California. The lawyer I signed with ahsn't given one update. To my knowledge.

Re: Tainted lots of heparin recalled

Robert FOLKERTS — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 13:51:49 -0000

OSCH is contaminant that is know to cause life threatening reactions, as reported in Nature, perhaps the premier peer reviewed journal in the natural sciences. How is it that the manufacture "does not believe the drugs pose a significant health risk"!?

Re: FDA announces labeling changes for heparin

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Re: FDA panel recommends agency approval of heparin alternative

JST Books — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 00:46:57 -0000

Due to a high percentage (12-13%) of year revision or secondary hip surgeries DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. reported based on this year's information from the National Joint Registry (NJR) of England & Wales, the manufacturer announced this week it is voluntarily pulling the ASR XL Acetabular Process & DePuy ASR Hip Resurfacing Process from the marketplace. DePuy has notified the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) & other regulatory agencies globally of the voluntary recall.Hip Replacement Recall

Re: Class action lawsuit filed against heparin manufacturer Baxter

Ramos10_57 — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 03:56:23 -0000

Hey Vincent I am sorry for your loss my prayers go out to you, Right now my mom is battling cervical cancer and has been through so much trauma and suffering due to all the dilema's cancer brings. She recently developed a blood clot and is now taking heparin shots, i am giving them in her abdomin and can only give them on one side because she has an internal pain pump. I started noticing extreme swelling in her stomach and she complains that it hurts and now completely lost her appetite and is throwing up. Is there anything else other than heparin to dissolve blood clots, i know its been a long time since you've written this but hopefully you see this and can help.

Re: Class action lawsuit filed against heparin manufacturer Baxter

Retired — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 05:17:14 -0000

I was in the hsopital for pancreas surgery in March 2008, and had so many complications while on heparin, I ended up spending 6 months in the hospital fighting for my life with everything going bad.. I joind the class action suit in 2009.

Re: FDA approval for marketing generic Lovenox expected

ignatius kelley — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 02:45:45 -0000

i was on fragmin but i lost my job and ins. so im looking for an alternative so i wanted to know if generic lovenox is available now

Re: FDA approval for marketing generic Lovenox expected

StereoID — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:58:31 -0000

I don't understand why the drugs has been approved if heparin can be contaminate so easily? Maybe we should look for other safer options, but the FDA doesn't surprise me with taking all the wrong decisions... It's something normal for them to approve dangerous drugs and then after a while, they "suddenly" observe that the drug is not safe and must be recalled.
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Re: Class action lawsuit filed against heparin manufacturer Baxter

Roy — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:28:13 -0000

2/19/10 post--my dad had heart sugury in spring 08, what was tobe a routine 4 day event turned out to be a nightmare. During surgury he went into heparin induced shock. I flew to see him right away it didnt look good. When i arrived , he was on heart pump and ventialor for 12 days and then woke up. They reverssed the heparin. While still in a coma he has no pulse in his legs L/R. Month later they amputated both. Heres a 77 yo man with chest wounds and 2 legs off. OMG what a nightmare. He had Months and Months of therapy, lost all bone mass and lost 50 pounds. Hes doing great now but WOW what a nightmare. Thank you blessed jesus.

Re: Class action lawsuit filed against heparin manufacturer Baxter

Tina Kreske — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:45:20 -0000

I had vascular surgery in Jan 2008 for steal syndrome. I almost died I had multi blood clots in my left arm and neck. I ended up having 4 emergency surgeries. I am losing parts of my fingers on my left hand to gangrene. I was supposed to be out of the hospital in 2 days. Instead I was in the hospital for almost 2 weeks. My doctor wanted me to stay there longer. But I insisted in leaving.

Right after surgery the doctors tried to take my whole hand off. My family refused to let them. Of these 2 weeks, almost a week of it. I was put in a coma and since I had stopped breathing I was put on a respirator. I was given heprin flushes in my Iv lines after I was woken up until I took out the IV line. I did not know this but my surgeon had already taken me off of heprin after the first or second day because he suspected that I had HIT syndrome. Apprentlty the nurses at that hospital can't read. My lawyer only wants to try to go after baxter. He doesn't think that It can be proved that I got heprin that long after I had surgery. But I know I did. I even talked to several of my nurses about it as they gave it to me. Everytime they flushed out my IV it was like I had a hot flash and I could taste and smell it too..

The really fustrating thing is that I am still fighting with Social security for diability. bene. I have had serious back problems for most of my adult life. I can no longer work standing or walking all day.I switched to a sit down job. 5 years later this happens. Social security says I am not diabled. they say I can get a job. Even funnier unemployment origanally said that I was disabled and there for I couldn't get bene's either.

Re: Heart device may eliminate need for heparin, warfarin

aed defibrillator — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:50:11 -0000

This is an awesome find. At least the consumption of drugs is now eliminated.

Re: Class action lawsuit filed against heparin manufacturer Baxter

Charles Stark — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:03:25 -0000

What are the reported dates of this Heprin Recall, and what are the symptoms? I was hospitalized in June 2005 and had 3 disks removed from my cervical spine and a bone graft put in. I was only in the Hospital for 4 days and went home. I had been eating breakfast sitting on a couch in my sitting room and had the wierdest feeling come over me like my arms, legs,hands and feet were going to sleep. I tried to stand up and could not I was rapidly losing the ability to move my arms and legs. I wiggled across the floor into the bedroom and when I got in the I was feet first and could not lift my legs. I was able to open a closet door that I was laying in front of and the was a piece of wood trim in there that I used to get the phone receiver down and was able to push in 911 and yelled thru the phone because by the only thing left working was my left hand. They came and got me into the ambulance and took me about 3 miles to the fairgrounds and loaded me into a Lifeflight helicopter and flew me to Vanderbilt Medical Center. When I got there I was in the most terrible pain it is like all your nerves are on FIRE and everyone is asking questions at once they could not give much for the pain yet and took me to the CT Scan and out it into the MRI and I had just made it all the way into the tube and the came in and said they had spotted it on one of the scans that bone graft had fallen out into the canal that had been carved out in my spine and was laying on the Spinal Cord after he said that he said rememenber me I was your Anesethetilogist last week and I am going to put you out now. I was in Icu after this for 3 days and then into CCU for a couple of Day then they sent me to a Rehab Hospital. I then had to learn how to get from the bed and into the wheel chair as my limbs slowly came back to use, and then how to walk with a walker. After I was sufficiently able to use a walker I was able to go home. All through this I was given Heprin shots twice a day until just about the time I went home. I have regained the use and can walk pretty well. My problem now is that I suffer from Chronic pain just about constantly all the time day and night it just never lets up. I had another back surgery in May of 2008 in hope of relieving some of the pain, only it did not work. The Pain is just as bad if not worse. Again following this surgery I was given Heprin injections to prevent blood clots. Heprin shots are easy to know what it is they are giving you because I either got them in the stomach or in the leg and they burn like hell.

Re: Class action lawsuit filed against heparin manufacturer Baxter

Tracey Vincent — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:56:25 -0000

My Mum sadly passed away July 16th 2009 she was diagnosed with cancer in 2002 and had massive radition she came through like a trooper only to start having breathing problems around March 2007 we thought the worst that the cancer had returned but after many hospital stays they couldnt find a cause for the lung problems mum had never smoked or worked in a high risk enviorment. Here is what is sad the radiation she had for the cancer destroyed her bowel so she had to have a colostomy which she did great with and she also had 2 haqve tpn treatments everyday which required heparin injections 2 times a day to flush her port now remember she was cancer free then in Feb 2008 the Cleveland Clinic called and told us to get rid of all the pre filled heparin syringes and they would send us new ones......... Mums condition got worse and the lungs were finally dying she was written off with COPD and it was when the recall was brought to out attention that this was probably the cause of my lovley mums death after she passed a lawyer wanted an autopsy but we refused she had been through so much!!! This lady fought so hard to stay with us beat stage 3 cancer only to be killed by a drug help us please to redeam her name. helpless in WV

Re: FDA investigates deaths, illness following heparin use

trudy2 — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:47:04 -0000

my sister went in the hospital for breathing problems and was told that her vitals were fine for the three weeks she was in there, and all of the sudden she was given heprin and she died, of kindey failure,

Re: Class action lawsuit filed against heparin manufacturer Baxter

susan31 — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:38:24 -0000

My mother underwent heart surgery June 10, 2009. I was told she had a reaction to heparin; now she is facing lifetime dialysis, we are scheduling amputation of both legs below the knees and most if not all of hands. Is that "tainted" heparin still out there? Should the family be following up on this?

Re: Class action lawsuit filed against heparin manufacturer Baxter

donnataylor — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:00:13 -0000

Hello , my name is Donna . I live in ILLINOIS & I too think I'm a victim of Heparin . I was hospitalized in Decatur IL around 2002 - 2003 for " Endocarditis " ? ( so they say ) . I was running fevers of 100.5 & 100.6 the entire time i was there . I had a picc line that I was recieving the med through but , i felt like I was getting worse as the weeks went by . I was there a month , I have 2 kids they were babies at the time of this. I kept wondering if I was going to die there because I couldn't get better & I thought maybe I need a better hospital? At one point I sarted having leg pain ( in the calves ) , they did a test but said no clots were found but still I had leg pain & still do ! I was in the hospital for a month and was on Heparin the entire time. I eventually went home & was recieving home IVs of Heparin for another month maybe longer . My hair was falling out from it , my skin was horrible , I also had constant diareaha the entire time . I was in that hospital bed for 3 1/2 weeks of my 1 month stay , no mobility no range of motion & even now I want to run track but can't , the pain in my legs ( calves ) is horrible still today. Can someone help me? And I'de like to know if anyone else lost hair or had skin problems while using this? I also went from 160 pounds down to 128 pounds almost a 40lb weight loss in a month time . Any help ?
Thanks ,
Donna

Re: Class action lawsuit filed against heparin manufacturer Baxter

angelog — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:11:40 -0000

I was underwent two stem cell tranplants for cancer in September 2006 and January 2007. Throughout my treatment I was given heparin to "flush" pic-lines and a port that was placed in my chest. I don't recall the number of tubes of heparin used throughout my treatment, only to say that it was injected each time I was given something intravenously.

I would like to be contacted at the email address provided if I should be concerned. Thank you.

Re: Class action lawsuit filed against heparin manufacturer Baxter

Emily Ream — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:45:16 -0000

I was in the hospital in may 2006.My due date was may 25.My ekg was normal but Dr jamall told me i was having a heart attack!The nurse gave me heparin.Shortly after it was given to me i felt sick my heart was beating very fast and i had extreamly low blood pressure.My baby got unusally hiper.I ask if i could have my baby monitered but they said no bacause i was in the ICU.They did an ultrasound on my heart the next day and said i didnt have a heart attack after all! When i was released from the hosp i had swelled up so much i could barely use my hands.My family Dr thought i had preclampsia but i tested negitive for it.

Re: Congressman demands answers on tainted heparin scandal

Denise Byrd — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:40:45 -0000

Go to a Hematologist and ask them to run a blood test for Factor 5 Leiden. It is a clotting disorder that occurs in roughly 5 percent of the population. My guess is that is a low figure, because few people have ever heard of it. The numbers would probably increase if Drs. would check more patients who present to them with blood clots. Factor 5 Leiden means your blood has the propensity to "over-clot." Eating occasional leafy greens, or foods high in Vitamin K promotes the clotting. In my case, I was born with it, but wasn't diagnosed with it until 4 years ago, when I developed a clot in my mesoteric vein (stomach) It doesn't usually show itself until there is a trauma of some kind to the system (mine was actually a car accident 25 years ago, developed a DVT, but didn't know I had it at the time. I, too, will be on Coumadin/Warfarin forever. My daughter has the trait, so she is going to be on Heparin during her pregnancy. Good luck to you and your daughter. Since Factor 5 Leiden is genetic, you may need to be tested too, for future reference: ie., heart attack, etc.

Re: Congressman demands answers on tainted heparin scandal

Denise Byrd — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:32:58 -0000

Is Heparin produced now safe to take? My daughter is pregnant and has to be on Heparin due to having Factor 5 Leiden, a genetic clotting disorder. Should she take something else?